Last Updated: April 10, 2020

Seminar Series Guideline

Engineering Graduate Student Council (EGSC) and Office of Graduate Student Affairs (GSA) are proud to
present the 2020 SEAS Grad Research Seminar Series. This event is co-hosted by Graduate Student
Affairs and Dean’s Office.
The Seminar is a venue for all Engineering Students to present posters of their research around the broad
topic of Engineering for Humanity: Creativity. This is an amazing opportunity for student researchers
to showcase their research to the wider SEAS community and for students interested in Engineering for
Creative Humanity to witness the combined effort of all SEAS departments in a single location. The event
aims to promote a sense of community among SEAS graduate students, as well as encourage research
integration and potential collaborations across departments, especially at this special time.
All presenters will be given a certificate and a small prize for participation. With the presenters’ permission,
the seminar will be recorded and shared within the community.

Topic & Theme
Engineering for Creative Humanity
The event provides a platform for interdisciplinary
research and networking under the notion of creativity,
broadly–defined. SEAS graduate students are welcome
to present if they can align their topic with Creative Hu-
manity.
(https://engineering.columbia.edu/creative-
humanity)
Eligibility
All Graduate Students in Columbia Engineering (M.S.
terminal, M.S. leading to Ph.D., Ph.D., M.D./Ph.D., En-
gScD) and in good academic and disciplinary standing.
If a student’s program involves more than one school,
they must be enrolled in course(s) at SEAS or pay tu-
ition to SEAS. Current members of the EGSC Executive
Board are not eligible during their term.
Abstract Submission
I Required Materials
• Personal & faculty advisor information
• Abstract (less than 1500 characters)
• Short description (less than 750 characters)
• Slides and presentations are not required during Ab-
stract Submission
be notified as soon as the decision has been made. The
talk will be scheduled no sooner than 14 days from the
notification date.
Presentation
I Time and Format
Each presentation should be less than 15 minutes in ad-
ditional to 5 to 10 minutes of questions. The presenter
should expect around 25 minutes in total.
Presentation slides are not required but highly en-
couraged. If the presenter decides to use slides, all com-
mon formats (PDF, PowerPoint, Google Slides) are ac-
cepted. Should a presenter have any technical issues,
please contact EGSC Career & Alumni Chair.
The seminar will be host either virtually or in-person
if permitted. All members within the community are
welcome to participate.
After each seminar, videos of the talks approved by
the speakers for release will be shared among the com-
munity.
II Scheduling
The Seminar is scheduled every month. The speakers
will be notified 14 days ahead, unless prior arrangement
has been made. If speakers cannot make any scheduled
talk, please contact EGSC Career & Alumni Chair as
soon as possible.

II Review Process Awards

All applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis by All presenters will be given a certificate and a small prize
members of EGSC and GSA. Accepted applicants will for participation.

For more details, please email EGSC Career & Alumni Chair, Ludwig Zhao career-alumni-chair@egsc.seas.columbia.edu